![]() Facilities face budget limitations and sometimes there is just not enough work to go around. In many states, most regular prison jobs pay well below the highest rates stated here. I included all non-industry jobs paid by correctional agencies as “regular prison jobs” for the table, including rare and off-site jobs that pay more. For states where I could find no information on work hours, I assumed 22 work days per month and an average workday of 6.35 hours (for regular jobs) or 6.79 hours (for industry jobs) per day. For states that calculate wages on daily, weekly, monthly, and annual bases, I calculated the hourly rates based on work hours per day and work days per month, according to the written policies or what was reported in the 2001 Corrections Yearbook survey. Some states publish wage policies differently. ![]() Despite the inaccessibility of data for some state prison jobs, this is the most comprehensive list of wages paid to incarcerated people available today: Wages are per hour. How much do incarcerated people earn? For this update, we combed through the policies of state correctional agencies and any other available sources, and found information for every state. ![]() So, we found the most up-to-date information for each state. ![]() Prison wages come up again and again in the context of prison conditions and policies. ![]()
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